Turn WordPress into a fully functional Job Board

WordPress is a fantastic content management script in it’s own right however I’m always keen on seeing new ways to use WordPress. So I have always been intrigued by the themes and plugins available on the web which utilise the WordPress backend to post job listings.

In this article I will be looking at 5 of the best job board themes and plugins available to WordPress users :)

Job Board

Released in January of this year, the Job Board theme is a clean colourful design which boasts many features

You can decide whether listings are paid or free. For paid listings users can make payment via PayPal

You can generate coupons for users for reduced listing fees

Jobs will be saved as a draft if the advertiser doesn’t pay

You can set to change old job listings to draft or to delete them automatically after they have expired

The theme comes in 7 different colours so you are sure to find a suitable style

WP Job Board

Used by popular blogs such as BloggingPro and Performancing, WP Job Board is a versatile job plugin for WordPress. Since WP Job Board is a plugin and not a theme, it can be integrated with any existing design your WordPress website uses.

Tapp Jobs

Tapp Jobs is a job board solution which is powered by a clean looking WordPress theme and the Gravity Forms plugin.

The Tapp Jobs theme has a good design and a few good features such as widgetized sidebars, however it lacks some of the more advanced features of other scripts.

To see JobPress in action please visit the Tapp Jobs Demo area.

A license for Tapp Jobs costs $75. Purchasing the script allows you to use it on as many websites as you like. However, in order for the theme to work you need to use the Gravity Forms plugin. This costs $39 for a single site license and $99 for a multi site license.

Comments (9)

Elvis

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January 6, 2013 at 12:00 AM

I’m toying with the idea of creating an affiliate marketing website/blog using wordpress. I really like some of the magazine style themes, especially the MagPress theme. What I would like to know is whether or not it is possible to create half static/half blog pages within WordPress? I know you can do both individually, but can you do both on the same page. I’ll give an example of what I am looking for.I want a homepage in which the top half is static in that it never changes, while about midway down its sectioned off into different categories of blog posts showing new posts and featured posts. I would also like a menu bar that had about 5-7 different items (5-7 different products) and on each one of those pages have the same half static/half blog aspect as well. That way I could advertise the product at the top, then below use some type of autoblogging plugin that constantly changes the posts with new posts about the individual products, mainly so visitors can get different reviews of the products. Is this possible?

Jessi Linh

Really nice post!!! as always Kevin.
But I think you just missed to mention to JobEngine – also is jobboard theme of enginethemes.

It is designed absolutely beautiful in interface and functional.
You guys should come to get a try on it.

Tks.

Kielce

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August 30, 2011 at 12:00 AM

Hello there, I found your site via Google while searching for a related topic, your web site came up, it looks good. I’ve bookmarked it in my google bookmarks.

CaeerOutlook

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October 22, 2010 at 12:00 AM

This is a very powerful post, I am currently running a career site and this post is really going to help me to increase the functionality of my site.

Very Nice Themes :)

Kevin Muldoon

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July 15, 2010 at 12:00 AM

Not that I’m aware of. There are some decent stand alone job scripts out there though.

Tal Galili

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July 15, 2010 at 12:00 AM

Thank you for the post.

So basically, is there no “good” solution for free ?

Mike

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July 14, 2010 at 12:00 AM

Awesome post, very usefull, to let us know the best solution, Thank You!

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